As part of OurEnergyPolicy (OEP)’s initiative to formulate a set of principles to guide the development of sound energy policy, OEP hosted a webinar featuring legislators and energy leaders offering their views and expertise on the subject. With ideas from the webinar, this online discussion, and stakeholder engagement, OEP plans to release a document that can help guide policy creation at the federal, state, and local levels.
In her opening remarks, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) listed five principles that she encourages members of Congress and stakeholders to keep in mind:
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Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) followed these remarks with nine principles for national climate action, including these four:
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The featured speakers added other potential principles for consideration:
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We encourage everyone to contribute your thoughts and ideas on this question, namely what are the principles and values that should guide the development of sound energy policy.
Guiding Principles for Sound Energy Policy
February 10, 2020
What principles would you advocate?
I suggest that we treat climate change as the clear and present danger that it is. Congress is not even close to treating the crisis with the seriousness that it… Read more »
Three main principles: 1. Energy choices should be zero -emissions and dispatchable (not zero net emissions.) 2. Using the energy source in item 1, electrify, electrify, electrify. 3. Minimize the… Read more »
Sound energy policy over the long term recognizes the critical necessity to transform every country to a clean-energy system that as a whole will prevent the catastrophic global consequences of… Read more »
When a problem is recognized, its nature, magnitude and timing usually suggest the directions to take to fix it, which often lead to dead ends. I prefer the Marine Corps… Read more »
In the pursuit of a low carbon future and in order to do this emphasizing environmental justice, I suggest the following: 1. Select a low carbon future that is the… Read more »
What are your thoughts on the principles identified by our webinar speakers?
Good but very political. The Congress needs to step up and properly fund the research that is required to solve this problem.
Do you have questions you would like to pose to our panelists?
What is keeping fossil fuel interests from recognizing their inter-generational responsibility of maintaining an adequate supply of hydrocarbon (and carbon) feedstocks for making high-value products such as medicines and carbon… Read more »
It is time to move beyond principles, which all can agree on, and begin a serious policy discussion. The EU, UK, and Canada are all moving towards carbon pricing with… Read more »
Well, having a large number of principles lowers the value of each, because they tend to eliminate, rather than focusing, approaches. And some are obviously relevant to a member of… Read more »
One principle I would recommend is an integrated policy. By that, I mean one where all parts work together. For example, in decarbonizing the grid, policies to encourage low-carbon generation… Read more »
I prefer the Marine Corps method: improvise, adapt and overcome. Big problems require us to find the right direction to fix things which may not be the most obvious ones,… Read more »